diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
index a37fd990bd55..4b5b1b244f86 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@ setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	/* Find our memory.  */
 	setup_memory(kernel_end);
+	memblock_set_bottom_up(true);
 
 	/* First guess at cpu cache sizes.  Do this before init_arch.  */
 	determine_cpu_caches(cpu->type);
diff --git a/arch/alpha/mm/numa.c b/arch/alpha/mm/numa.c
index 74846553e3f1..d0b73371e985 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/mm/numa.c
@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ setup_memory_node(int nid, void *kernel_end)
 	if (!nid && (node_max_pfn < end_kernel_pfn || node_min_pfn > start_kernel_pfn))
 		panic("kernel loaded out of ram");
 
+	memblock_add(PFN_PHYS(node_min_pfn),
+		     (node_max_pfn - node_min_pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT);
+
 	/* Zone start phys-addr must be 2^(MAX_ORDER-1) aligned.
 	   Note that we round this down, not up - node memory
 	   has much larger alignment than 8Mb, so it's safe. */
 	node_min_pfn &= ~((1UL << (MAX_ORDER-1))-1);
 
-	memblock_add(PFN_PHYS(node_min_pfn),
-		     (node_max_pfn - node_min_pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT);
-
 	NODE_DATA(nid)->node_start_pfn = node_min_pfn;
 	NODE_DATA(nid)->node_present_pages = node_max_pfn - node_min_pfn;